Venkat Panchapakesan Memorial Scholarship 2018

01-Jun-2018

Panchapakesan Memorial Scholarship invites students for a financial award of 750 USD towards tuition and education related expenses and will be invited to visit the YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, California, USA.

Selected students will also have an opportunity to submit a proposal, and potentially receive a funding of up to 225 USD to spend on growing computer science in the local community.

Eligibility Conditions

To be eligible to apply, applicants must:

Must be currently enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student in a college/university in India, for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 academic year
Must be currently pursuing a degree in computer science, computer engineering or a closely related technical field

The Venkat Panchapakesan Memorial Scholarship is a one-time scholarship. While past applicants are encouraged to reapply, unfortunately, past recipients of any Google scholarship, including the Venkat Panchapakesan Memorial Scholarship, are not eligible to apply.

How to apply?

Write an essay (300 words maximum) to tell us about the following:

How do you plan to use computer science to make the world a more sustainable place?
If you receive this scholarship, how will you use it to advance your passion and the goals of this scholarship?

Write an essay (250 words maximum) to tell us about the following: What adversity have you faced, and how did it impact your career? Please explain the steps you took to overcome it.

Submit a video (1 minute maximum) telling us why you would like to receive this scholarship. Please upload it on YouTube and share the link in the application.

Submit your resume/CV. Be sure to include your experience in the area of computer science, as well as your leadership experiences and the impact you have created.

Submit 2 letters of recommendation. They can be from your faculty or supervisors at your workplace (internship, part-time job, full-time job).

Important Dates

Last Date to apply